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"As Hungary’s Péter Magyar took office, ousting Viktor Orbán after 16 years in
power, the daylong event on Saturday was laced with symbolism, from the return
of the EU flag to parliament to the ringing out of the European anthem,
Ode to
Joy.
But it was the 56-year-old tipped to be the new health minister – and more
specifically, his dance moves – that may have become the most potent symbol of
Hungary’s new political era.
In the lead up to Saturday’s inauguration, as Magyar and his Tisza party
prepared to be sworn in, Zsolt Hegedűs’s phone began buzzing.
Many of the messages were from people wanting to know the same thing, said
Hegedűs, an internationally recognised orthopaedic surgeon who spent more than
10 years working for the NHS in the UK.
“There were tons of messages saying ‘Dr. Hegedűs, you’re going to get this
celebration started, aren’t you?’ or ‘There’s going to be dancing?’” Hegedűs
told the
Guardian.
It was a nod to the viral moment he starred in last month when he broke into an
impromptu dance – prompting glee across the country and beyond – as Tisza
celebrated winning a landslide victory."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
